Seamie Heffernan has more than stood the test of time

Last Saturday at the Curragh, Seamie Heffernan did what he does best, producing a typical no-frills drive to land his first Irish Oaks aboard Seventh Heaven.

On Sunday the father of two celebrated his 44th birthday and one of the great unsung heroes of Irish flat racing has more than stood the test of time.

Heffernan served his apprenticeship with Jim Bolger, but has been part of the furniture at Ballydoyle since Aidan O’Brien was installed as the top man at the most famous training establishment in the world in 1996 by John Magnier.